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  • Man gets strokes of cane for stealing packs of Coca-cola

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in the Federal Capital Teritory on Tuesday sentenced a 33-year-old man to 20 strokes of cane for stealing three packs of Coca-cola soft drinks, valued N4,400.

    The judge, Abdulwahab Mohammed, also counseled the convict, Mohammed Sani, to desist from committing crime and be of good behaviour.

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    Sani was convicted for criminal trespass and theft.

    The Prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Sani stole three packs of Coca-cola drink from the complainant’s shop located at Byanzhin, Kubwa, Abuja, on November 2.

    He said Sani was chased and arrested with the drinks, adding that the offence contravened Sections 342 and 287 of the Penal Code.

    Sani pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for mercy, saying that he stole because he was hungry.

    Defence counsel, Moses Ugwummadu, prayed for the court to temper justice with mercy, adding that Sani would not do it again.

  • Fish seller jailed three months for reneging on payment agreement

    Fish seller jailed three months for reneging on payment agreement

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a fish seller, Mohammed Sani, 32, to three months imprisonment, for buying fish worth N70,000 on credit, and refusing to pay.

    The fish seller, who resides in Kado village, was convicted on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.

    The Judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option of N10, 000 fine.

    Sadiq also ordered the convict to pay back the N70, 000 to the complainant and advised him to desist from committing crimes and be a truthful businessman.

    He said that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other offenders.

    Sani, who pleaded guilty to the charges, begged the court to temper justice with mercy because he acted in ignorance and that he sold the fish on credit.

    The prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, had told the court that one Rabi Abdul reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, on Aug. 26.

    Auhioboh said the convict sometime in May, bought some fresh fish for N70,000 on credit from the complainant and promised to pay him, but reneged on his promise.

    He said that the convict converted the money to his personal use, and all efforts made to recover the money proved abortive.

    The prosecutor told the court that during Police investigation, the convict confessed to the crime and begged for mercy.

    He said that the offence was punishable under Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.

  • Police re-arraign filmmaker Egbegbe over alleged fraud

    Police re-arraign filmmaker Egbegbe over alleged fraud

    A Nigerian film maker, Olajide Kazeem, alias Seun Egbegbe, was on Friday, re-arraigned in a Federal High Court in Lagos, over charges of fraud.

    Egbegbe, who was charged alongside one Oyekan Ayomide, were arraigned on Feb. 10, before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo.

    The duo were accused of swindling more than 30 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators of various sums both in local and foreign currencies between 2015 and 2017 in Lagos.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty and Justice Oguntoyinbo had on Feb. 24 granted each of them bail in the sum of N5million.

    When the case was called on Friday, the prosecutor, Mr Innocent Anyigor informed the court that the charges had been amended and the counts raised from 36 to 40.

    He, therefore, urged the court to allow the charges to be read to the accused for their pleas to be taken afresh.

    The accused were thus re-arraigned and they both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    After their re-arraignment, the prosecutor told the court that he had 30 witnesses in court who are BDC operators, adding that he was ready to commence trial.

    But the judge said that she would prefer to begin with the testimony of the Investigating Police Officer so as to avoid cases where such police officers are transferred out of jurisdiction.

    She consequently fixed March 24 for trial.

    In the charge, marked FHC/L/40c/2017, the accused were said to have defrauded the BDC operators by falsely representing to the victims that they had foreign currencies to sell.

    The police alleged that on Feb. 2, for instance, the accused fraudulently obtained the sum of N2.5million and 3,000 pounds from one Alhaji Isa Adamu in Lagos under the guise that they wanted to see the naira and buy the pounds.

    Other victims of the alleged fraud include: Mohammed Sani, defrauded of N2.5million; Jubrila Ado, defrauded of N1.3million; Hassan Amodu, defrauded of N600,000; Sani Hassan, defrauded of N1.43million and 2,750 pounds, among others.

    The offences are said to have contravened the provisions of Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.

     

  • Six APC Senators defy party’s leadership, screen Service Chiefs

    Six Senators on Monday defied the directive of the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to block all Executive Bills or confirmation of nominations from the President in the Senate pending the resolution of the Rivers State crisis.
    The six APC Senators partook in the screening of the Service Chiefs appointed recently by President Goodluck Jonathan.
    The APC Senators that took part in the exercise are – Senators Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central), Babafemi Ojudu (Ekiti Central), Akin Odunsi (Ogun West), Mohammed Sani Saleh (Kaduna Central), Atai Ali Aidoko (Kogi East) and Ajayi Robert Borofice (Ondo North).